Psalm 118

¹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his steadfast love endures forever!

²Let Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.

⁶With the Lord on my side I do not fear.

What can mortals do to me?

⁷The Lord is on my side to help me;

I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to put confidence in mortals.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹²They surrounded me like bees;

they blazed like a fire of thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹³I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my might;

he has become my salvation.

¹⁵There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;

¹⁶the right hand of the Lord is exalted;

the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”

¹⁷I shall not die, but I shall live,

and recount the deeds of the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord has punished me severely,

but he did not give me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and give thanks to the Lord.

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;

the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹I thank you that you have answered me

and have become my salvation.

²²The stone that the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone.

²³This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!

O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

²⁶Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

²⁷The Lord is God,

and he has given us light.

Bind the festal procession with branches,

up to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

you are my God, I will extol you.

²⁹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever.